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A. GOOLEY. HOLDING KNIFE HANDLES FOR SOLDBBING.

No. 26,323 Patented Nov. 29,- 1859.

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' STATES rkranrorric" ALMON GOOLEY, or HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, Assienon'ro w SHERRY, J. rtji hsn-fl MEAD, EMANUEL HURLBE-R'l, AND HENRY E.ROBINS, ALLOF s MnrLAon; f p

HOLDING KNIFE-HANDLES FOR. sonnnnmd; 1 j

Specification of Letters Patent No, 26,323, dated November 29, 11859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALMoN CooLEY, of Hartford, county of Hartford, andState of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Im rovementsin Devices for Securing Handles, &c., for Soldering; and I do herebydeclare that the same is described and represented in the followingspecification and drawings; and to enable others skilled in the art tomake and use my improvement I will proceed to describe its constructionand operation, referring to the drawings, in which the same lettersindicate like parts in each of the figures.

The nature of this improvement in devices for securing or holdinghandles, 850., for soldering consists, first, in the use or employmentof yielding clamps to hold the two halves of a handle in the properpositionfor soldering; second, in arranging yielding clamps upon a turntable or its equivalent so as to turn or accommodate itself to theblaze, while the soldering is being done.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Flg. 2 is anend elevation.

A, is an upright post, secured in a bed piece B, or to the floor,wherever desirable for use, having a fulcrum pin C, on which the deviceis supported and turns.

D, is a turn table, having a tube P secured to the underside by which itis held and allowed to turn on the pin G. Said table is (without itsupper work) much like what is used commonly for laying work on forsoldering.

E are upright posts secured on the upper surface of the turn table D,having set screws F in the upper end, and perforated holes throughsaidposts, near the upper end to receive the brackets G, which are held inthe desired position by the set screws F.

H is a bed-plate having tubes I, secured on the under side of acorresponding distance apart, with the pins J on the upper side of theturn table D. The said plate H, is held in place by the tubes I, beingplaced on the pins J, and is actuated by the springs Kplaced over saidtubes and pins I, J. On

yielding clamps, or brackets, while the sol-:

the upper side of the bed-plate: H, are secured two or morecrookedbrackets Lmade I in arequired shape. l f t M is a pumice-stone orother suitable substance to concentrate theIheat of the blaze,

fitted onto the bed-p1ate H,;between, or

around the brackets p H N, is a stirrup connected to theunderside1ofthebed-plateH. I O, is ahandle laced between the brackets L and G,inrea iness for soldering. n I

In using this improvement, the person; using it, first places his footin the stirrup I N, and bears down, which in so doing, opens. the clampsor brackets. Thenthe handle is placed on or between the brackets L, G,-\p I (the brackets G first having been adjusted, by means of theset-screws F, to the upper. side of the handle 0,) the foot is removed,and the work is ready tobefsoldered. I

I am aware that theparts may be difler- I ently arranged, and some ofthe parts differently constructed,while the essential feature stillremains, viz.,. adjusting andhold-t I; ing thehandle (being in twoparts) between dering is being by done, and at the same time held insuch a manner as to accommodate it-. self to the heat of the blaze... p

The advantage to be derived by this. improvement over the old way of.wiringthe I handle for soldering will be clearly seen and p understoodfrom the following: It takes p about ten hoursto wire one gross, ofhandles, I p n and one and a half ounces of solder atacost] of ninetycents per ounce. By this improvement I can do the whole workof sol;dering for three gross in tenvhours, with three-fourths of an ounce ofsolderkmuch I easier, and am more sure of havingperfect work. i I q I nI believe I have thus described the nature, 1. construction,andoperation of my improve- I I ment, together with some of theadvantages I i to be derived, so as to enable 'a person skilled I 11 tomake and use the same; I I I n What I claim, therefore, and desireto se-1 cure by Letters Patent, is- I 1. The above describeddevice forsecuring, or holding, handles (formed of'two .10

parts), &c., for soldering, or their substantheir substantialequivalents substantially i tial equivalents. in the manner as and forthe purpose de- 2. The adjustable, yielding, clamps 0r scribed. bracketsG, L, substantially in the manner ALMON COOLEY. [L.s.] A; 5 for thepurpose described. Witnesses:

3. The combination of the yielding clamps SAML. I. TUTTIs, or bracketsG, L, with a turn table D or JERMY W. BLYS.

